Lawmakers made significant changes to a bill around teacher licensing, aiming to get more teachers in the classroom and ease the pressure of licensing exams.

A bill designed to address the teacher shortage was met with some concern by members in the House Education Committee Thursday.

A bill to let some teachers waive content area exams has been approved by some lawmakers, which could help address the teacher shortage.

The Indiana State Teachers Association says educators feel disrespected, and it plans to work on changing that next year.

The number of new teacher licenses the Department of Education issued this year is the first increase in three years.